Does the Human brain differs by gender
If you’re “listening” to the Cardinal’s baseball game, while “hearing” a voice in the background, then you must be the male in the house. The woman of the house will eventually make you hear and listen to the famous quote saying “Are you listening to me”? Why is it that men can hear but not listen? That’s a skill we develop as a child. Dave Barry, author of We’ve Got the Dirt on Guy Brains, uses word choice, figurative language, and comparison to get his sarcastic tone across on why the male brain functions the way it does. Barry uses his word choice as a way to try and convince the readers there is a reasonable reason for the way a guy’s brain operates. Have you ever noticed a napkin, piece of paper, …show more content…
Barry says, “because of a tragic genetic flaw men cannot see dirt until there is enough of it to support agriculture”. (Barry)By using this hyperbole the reader understands, until a mess is completely out of hand, a man will not do anything about the mess. Literally speaking a man would have to be standing on a baseball field to have enough dirt to clean, however, if that were the case they would be enjoying their work. Barry includes a quote from one of his readers, not his own, calling men “lazy pigs”. He puts this in his essay because it adds a metaphor comparing men to lazy pigs. However, he does not agree with this quote because he believes men have a valuable excuse for why they can not cook, or clean. You can have a conversation with men, and later ask what you said, but will they really remember word for word what was said? Barry says the only reason women are able to is because, “cingulate gyrus” in the brain. He continues his reasoning by saying, “it is a structure the size of a mature cantaloupe, contains a vast quantity of complex, endless recalibrated emotional data involving hundreds, perhaps thousands, of human relationships; wheres in men it is basically a cashew filled with NFL highlights.” (Barry) Comparing the size of the brain and what it stores is another sarcastic way to get his point across. Using figurative language is a creative way he uses to get his sarcastic tone across to all his
If you’re “listening” to the Cardinal’s baseball game, while “hearing” a voice in the background, then you must be the male in the house. The woman of the house will eventually make you hear and listen to the famous quote saying “Are you listening to me”? Why is it that men can hear but not listen? That’s a skill we develop as a child. Dave Barry, author of We’ve Got the Dirt on Guy Brains, uses word choice, figurative language, and comparison to get his sarcastic tone across on why the male brain functions the way it does. Barry uses his word choice as a way to try and convince the readers there is a reasonable reason for the way a guy’s brain operates. Have you ever noticed a napkin, piece of paper, …show more content…
Barry says, “because of a tragic genetic flaw men cannot see dirt until there is enough of it to support agriculture”. (Barry)By using this hyperbole the reader understands, until a mess is completely out of hand, a man will not do anything about the mess. Literally speaking a man would have to be standing on a baseball field to have enough dirt to clean, however, if that were the case they would be enjoying their work. Barry includes a quote from one of his readers, not his own, calling men “lazy pigs”. He puts this in his essay because it adds a metaphor comparing men to lazy pigs. However, he does not agree with this quote because he believes men have a valuable excuse for why they can not cook, or clean. You can have a conversation with men, and later ask what you said, but will they really remember word for word what was said? Barry says the only reason women are able to is because, “cingulate gyrus” in the brain. He continues his reasoning by saying, “it is a structure the size of a mature cantaloupe, contains a vast quantity of complex, endless recalibrated emotional data involving hundreds, perhaps thousands, of human relationships; wheres in men it is basically a cashew filled with NFL highlights.” (Barry) Comparing the size of the brain and what it stores is another sarcastic way to get his point across. Using figurative language is a creative way he uses to get his sarcastic tone across to all his